The report claims that Google has removed "the majority" of such requests, a number that could exceed the 100,000 mark.

Google has yet to confirm this number, but reportedly confirmed during yesterday's meeting in Brussels that it has rejected just over 30 percent of the requests it has received, while the Wall Street Journal reported that the firm has approved "more than 50 percent" of the requests.

"It you let this go without protest, then it will creep," he told the WSJ. "This passion for privacy will creep into law across Europe and erode the freedom of speech."

Update:CNET reported "that as of July 18 [Google] received 91,000 requests involving more than 328,000 individual webpages since May. Earlier this month, on July 10, the company disclosed that it received more than 70,000 requests on 250,000 individual webpages since May."

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Carly Page joined The INQUIRER as News Editor in April 2012. Before becoming a full-time geek, Carly studied Journalism at the University of Lincoln, and dabbled in the music journalism industry. Carly's main coverage areas include mobile devices, mobile software, telecoms, mobile operators, social networks and anything Breaking Bad related.